Chapter 751: Fortunately, You Weren't the First to Wake (9/10, please subscribe)

Fang Yue vaguely sensed that things were growing more and more complicated, heading in an increasingly terrifying direction.

One must remember… the Cheaters are also human!

They are people who obtained power from the game!

Wielding invincible strength, with no one able to keep them in check.

What an awakened Cheater will actually do—whether they continue with the original plan to save the world, or destroy everything—no one can know.

"Immortal-level… at my current stage, even with the power of the parchment, I'm still far from qualified to fight an Immortal-level powerhouse!"

Fang Yue quietly clenched his fist.

It wasn't that Fang Yue thought too ill of human nature; he had personally experienced the feeling of possessing extraordinary power.

That state of being unfettered, bound by no rules whatsoever, easily brings out the truest nature buried deep within a person.

According to the intelligence he knew, the moment the game's inner side ended, the Cheaters collectively obtained the power from within the game, became extraordinary beings, and then jointly formulated the world-saving plan.

At this stage, the Cheaters were a group—a group with a shared ideal, with mutual checks and balances among themselves.

But now… it was a single Cheater awakening. Before the next Cheater awoke… in today's world, not a single person could keep such an existence in check!

In other words, the world's survival or destruction hung entirely on a single thought of that Cheater!

"I hope things don't develop toward the worst scenario…"

……

The United Council's general conference room.

Ten council presidents sat around a round table.

The First President—that is, the General President of the United Council—rested his clasped fists on the table, propped his chin on them, pushed up his reflective glasses, swept his gaze across the other nine present, and slowly began to speak.

"Still no news?"

As his words fell, the other nine exchanged uncertain glances.

"…No. Since the intelligence about a Cheater awakening came out from their side three days ago, there hasn't been any follow-up."

"It seems our initial prediction was correct—the Cheaters cannot be trusted!"

"The world, in the end, still needs us to protect it. So-called Cheaters are just ordinary people who gained power! The strongest person under me has already broken through to the Xiantian Realm! Time—just give us a little more time. The moment 【Heaven Devourer】 is complete, we will possess our own power! Power we can control!"

"Fortunately, when they were sleeping back then, we didn't place all our hopes on the Cheaters. Heaven moves with constant vigor; one must constantly strive for self-improvement. Only one's own strength is real!"

The crowd broke into a hubbub of discussion, the whole scene as noisy as a street vegetable market.

The General President's expression darkened, and he gave a cold snort.

"Everyone shut up!"

Hearing the General President speak, the other nine fell silent one by one and looked toward the General President.

"Send a message to the Cheaters' side. If they don't proactively contact us before sunset tomorrow, then there's no need for the other Cheaters to awaken either…"

The General President had just spoken to here when the round table suddenly flickered twice, and a three-dimensional human-shaped projection lit up.

"My, my, you council presidents are really impatient. I just woke up not long ago, took a little time to confirm a few things, and already you're this restless?"

A languid voice came from the projection.

The expressions of the crowd shifted slightly, and they solemnly looked at the person in the projection.

"Oh? They actually proactively connected to our communication."

The General President slightly raised his head, his icy gaze sweeping over the person in the projection.

"So the one who woke up is you, Su Bairong."

The person in the projection let out a chuckling laugh.

Her enchanting figure swayed back and forth, and only stopped after quite a while.

"Judging by your expressions, are you very disappointed? Sorry about that, but that guy is still sleeping."

"…Hmph! Whoever wakes up first makes no difference to our United Council. But you—what are you going to do now? Fulfill the oath you once swore to our United Council, or do you have other plans?"

The person in the projection bent over, placed a finger by her lips, blinked, and said playfully: "Guess?"

The General President stared silently at Su Bairong, then slowly spoke: "Tomorrow, before sunset, open the 【Cheater】 base. I want to personally go in and inspect the situation."

"No can do. The contract doesn't have that clause."

"Don't get it wrong. I am… ordering you!"

"Hehe! So. Am. I!"

The two locked horns, gazes meeting, and faint currents of electricity seemed to crackle in the air between them.

In the end, it was the General President who stepped back.

"Fine, I won't go over. But what about the personnel our United Council left stationed at the 【Cheater】 base? Have them get in touch with me. I want to know the situation at the 【Cheater】 base every single moment."

"Them, you say…"

A faintly devilish arc curled at the corner of Su Bairong's mouth as she slightly shifted her position to the side.

With a whoosh, the tabletop that had originally only projected Su Bairong suddenly expanded outward, spreading throughout the entire conference room.

The room Su Bairong was currently in was displayed in full before everyone's eyes.

The floor was covered in blood. People in white lab coats lay scattered about in all directions, their faces filled with terror, as if they had been terrified of something, trying desperately to flee, only to be killed on the spot and collapse to the ground.

Even through the projection, one could smell the thick stench of blood from that side!

And around this group of people, Experimental Pods filled with liquid were arranged in rows behind them.

Inside each Experimental Pod lay a sleeping person—and every single one of them was a Cheater! A sleeping Cheater!

The General President's eyes narrowed as he looked coldly at Su Bairong.

"You killed my people?"

"I hate flies."

"You are testing the bottom line of our United Council."

"And then?"

"I don't like a chess piece that slips out of my control."

"What a coincidence — me too!"

Su Bairong smiled faintly, as if he hadn't taken any of this to heart at all.

Bang!!

The President slammed the table hard and rose from his seat.

The other nine rose in perfect Synchronize, declaring their stance of standing together with the President to repel the threat.

Gazing at Su Bairong's projection, the President said coldly.

"You've grown far too smug. You have no idea what the combined might of our alliance is!"

"Is that so?"

Su Bairong's smile vanished. Like a lofty, untouchable deity, he looked down upon them through the projection and slowly spoke.

"I, on the other hand, think it's you who have no idea what immortal-level power truly means!"

Hum!!

From the very instant the first word left his mouth, fresh blood simultaneously welled from the ears of all ten people in the conference room, as though the sound had exploded right beside them, and they collapsed to the floor one after another!

"Hee hee hee hee! Hee hee hee hee hee! Gah gah gah gah! Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

The scene fell silent in an instant; only Su Bairong's laughter echoed through the conference room!

This — this is an immortal.

This — this is immortal-level power!

A power that mortals can never imagine!

Su Bairong felt immensely grateful that he was the cheater who had awakened earliest.

Because among the cheaters, there existed one stronger than her.

"Meiyu…"

"Fortunately, it wasn't you who woke up first!"

(End of Chapter)